The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-13
Society Events.


Major Marsh and sister will give a card
party this evening in honor of their guest Miss
Cornell, of Kalamazoo.
Mrs. Ramsey entertained the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society yesterday afternoon at
her home, No. 26O North Illinois street.
The regular meeting of the Matinee Musicale
will be held to-day. The programme of French
music will be given by the first division.
The ladies Of the second section of Mayfower
Church will entertain the members of the con-
cation and friends socially on Friday evening.
RECEPTION TO MR.. SHEPPARD ROMANS.
Sixty or seventy five gentlemen assembled at
the Denison Hotel, last evening, on invitation
of Col W. r. Holloway. to meet Mr. Sheppard
Romans, of New York, president and actuary of
the Prov-dent Savings Life, the company with
which the Colonel has recently connected him
self as general agent for central and southern
Indiana The ~, affair was a happy
Of the judiciary, clereymen, physicians.
lawyers, State officers and newspaper men. At
the banquet. which followed the reception, Col.
w. X. Holloway presided at one end Of the
table, with the guest of the evening at his right
hand, Judge Il. B. Martindae doing the nonors
at the other end of the table, with DR.. Mcleod
and Senator Harrison on either side. The menu
was elaborate and we'll served. Mr.. Romans,
being called upon, rose and made q
feicitous speech, in which he incidently men
toned number of interesting facts connected
with life insurance in its inception and it's
present status among other things that six
thousand million dollars are invested in regular
life insurance in this country Judge Martin
dale, in sly alluson to the judiciary and its
connection with life insurance. called out
Judge Woods, who made brief but
bright and clever speech. Senator Harrison
made humorous reference to his own connection
with life insurance an attorney. and was fol-
lowed by brief speeches by Ex-Governor Porter.
Mayor Denny and Dr. Hodges. Rev. DR..
xrr,kt ~1fo - ~ @n1or
and their mortuary efforts as ndorsers of pat>at
medicines. He suggested that while insurance
companies had awaited themselves of legal and
medical talent he thought it an oversight that
their official list. The clergy. he said. were
themselves engaged in life insurance of higher
character-an insurance that reaches beyond the
river and provides for the life to come. Rev.
DIR. Mcleod Endorsed insurance of the kind
referred to by the preceding speaker and Rev
DR.. Bradley. when called upon, modestly author
lied Rev. DR.. Jeffrey to speak for him, which
that gentleman did briefly and gracefully
u. &. Matthews, of the Sentinel, was
unexpectedly called upon to speak for the press
and acquitted himself creditably. The last
speaker of the evening was J. T. Hamilton, of
Baltimore. who told clerical anecdote that at
once put him upon the best of terms with the
half dozen or more clergymen who were present.
The evening was IN every respect highly en-
joyable one, the guests retiring at af-past IL.
EPLER-JoHNsoN.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
NATION, April 12.-On Sunday last at Wes-
ley Chapel, five miles south of Shelbyville, Ill
Elder Horace Reed of this city, pronounced the
marriage ceremony for Rev. J. H. Epler and
| Miss Mollie Johnson. Rev. Epier is blind
evangelist who is we'll known. and has been in
| great demand for several years past throughout
| the south part of the Nation NJ. E. district
| He lost his eyesight while serving as soldier in
| defense of the Union He is a man of great
| power in the pulpit. His bride is an estimable
| young lady, and they have a host of friends.